Is CVE-2017-8140 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-8140 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-8140?

CVE-2017-8140 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-8140?

CVE-2017-8140 has an EPSS score of 1.01% (59th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-8140?

Upgrade p9 plus firmware to vie-al10bc00b353 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-8140

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The soundtrigger driver in P9 Plus smart phones with software versions earlier than VIE-AL10BC00B353 has a memory double free vulnerability. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application, and the application can start multiple threads and try to free specific memory, which could triggers double free and causes a system crash or arbitrary code execution.

CWE-415

How to fix

Remediation Available

p9 plus firmwareNVD

Affected:< vie-al10bc00b353Fixed in:vie-al10bc00b353CVE-2017-8140derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.01%probability of exploitation in 30 days

59thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 59% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

huawei.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2023-25136	Medium	6.5	90%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-0101	Critical	10.0	87%	-	Fix
CVE-2003-0545	Critical	9.8	85%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-3829	Medium	5.3	59%	-	Fix
CVE-2026-33824	Critical	9.8	56%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-3407	Medium	5.5	50%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.